I love teaching, sharing knowledge and speaking at conferences. Ping me on Twitter or via Email. Visit my website at steipete.me.
I'm back in the game and looking for new opportunities to share my passion for programming and software development.
| Location | Date | Conference |
|---|---|---|
| Paris, France | Jun 16, 2026 | OpenAI France Event |
| Paris, France | Jun 17-20, 2026 | VivaTech |
| San Francisco, CA | Jul 25-26, 2026 | YC Startup School |
| Berkeley, CA | Aug 1-2, 2026 | Agentic AI Summit |
| San Francisco, CA | Oct 19-22, 2026 | Cloudflare Global Connect |
| Vienna, Austria | Oct 28-30, 2026 | TEDAI Vienna |
Ping @steipete on Twitter or reach out via email (steipete at gmail) if you organize a conference where you'd like me to speak. I'm a full-time Open Source builder working on exciting AI-powered projects. Visit steipete.me to learn more about my work.
Short Abstract: The software industry has reached an inflection point with AI tools achieving a breakthrough in 2025. This talk explores how "agentic engineering" fundamentally changes how we build software, shifting from writing code to orchestrating intelligent agents that can build almost anything.
Long Abstract: In April 2025, something remarkable happened in software development. After years of incremental improvements, AI coding assistants suddenly became good enough to build production software. This talk shares a personal journey from burnout to rediscovering the joy of creation through AI-powered development.
We'll explore how the convergence of raw model intelligence, sophisticated tool use, and agent frameworks created a tipping point that transforms developers from violinists into orchestra conductors. You'll learn why "vibe coding" evolved into "agentic engineering," how to leverage tools like Claude Code and Codex effectively, and why languages are becoming implementation details in this new paradigm.
Through real examples of building complex applications with 99% AI-generated code, we'll examine what it means to be a "full-breadth developer" in 2025 - someone who combines technical expertise with product vision to build software at unprecedented speed. The talk addresses common misconceptions, shares practical workflows for parallel agent orchestration, and explains why simple code beats clever solutions when working with AI.
Whether you're skeptical or curious about AI's role in development, this talk provides an honest, practical perspective on adapting to a world where you can truly "just do things" - building software that would have taken weeks in just hours or days.
Talk descriptions from 2024 and earlier are archived in ARCHIVE.md.
| Location | Date | Conference |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco, CA | Jun 9, 2026 | Forge Summit - Keynote: Building the Dark Factory |
| San Francisco, CA | Jun 4, 2026 | Snowflake Summit Dev Day - Opening Luminary Talk |
| San Francisco, CA | Jun 2-3, 2026 | Microsoft Build |
| Remote | May 6, 2026 | GitHub Maintainer Summit - Fireside Chat |
| Vancouver, BC, Canada | Apr 13-17, 2026 | TED2026 |
| London, UK | Apr 8-10, 2026 | AI Engineer Europe |
| San Jose, CA | Mar 16, 2026 | NVIDIA GTC Live Pregame (Invite Only) |
| Berlin, Germany | Jan 14, 2026 | CASE Conference (Conference on Agentic Software Engineering) |
| Location | Date | Conference |
|---|---|---|
| Bologna, Italy | Oct 30-31, 2025 | #PragmaConf |
| San Francisco, CA | Oct 23, 2025 | Acquired x Sentry (Private Event) |
| San Francisco, CA | Oct 21, 2025 | Claude Code Anonymous, SF Edition |
| Prague, Czech Republic | Oct 9 or 16, 2025 (TBD) | Claude Code Anonymous, Prague Edition |
| Paris, France | Oct 6-7, 2025 | Swift Connection - You Can Just Do Things: How AI Is Transforming Software Development (video) |
| Bangalore, India | Sept 26-27, 2025 | Swift Bharat |
| Logroño, Spain | Sept 17-19, 2025 | NSSpain - You Can Just Do Things: How AI Is Transforming Software Development |
| Vienna, Austria | Sept 11, 2025 | Claude Code Anonymous, Vienna Chapter |
| Berlin, Germany | Sept 10, 2025 | Claude Code Anonymous - Berlin Edition |
| Vienna, Austria | Aug 27, 2025 | Tech Soirée Vienna (Panel on Global GTM for Dev Products) |
| Berlin, Germany | Aug 19, 2025 | Ship It Club Berlin: Kickoff Meetup |
| London, UK | Aug 18, 2025 | Claude Code Anonymous (Invite Only) |
Past talks from 2024 and earlier are archived in ARCHIVE.md.
Peter worked with iOS since the inception of the iPhone and is an experienced speaker both on highly technical and management topics. He bootstrapped PSPDFKit in 2011 and made a successful exit in 2021. Prior to PSPDFKit, he worked as a Senior iOS Engineer at a startup in San Francisco and taught iOS and Mac development at his alma mater, the Vienna University of Technology. After a sabbatical, he's now a full-time Open Source builder, leveraging AI to create innovative solutions and sharing his journey at steipete.me.
Many of my past talks are on SpeakerDeck
More Pictures see the pitures folder in this repo.
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Semaphore CI: Peter Steinberger on his startup journey, quirks of PDF and what’s exciting about WWDC19 (May 29, 2019)
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The raywenderlich.com Podcast: Peter Steinberger – Podcast S09 E03 (May 15, 2019)
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Swift by Sundell Podcast: "Long-term code evolution"
Credits go to Felix Krause for the idea to post this here - thanks!